The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-09-10
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a pension last week
Harry Clark, Calvert, had his right arm
broken by falling off some bales of straw re-
Gently.
MIR. John Johnson has sold his farm of
% acres near Carriers paper mills to Mr..
Morris Brogan for 81 800.
The West Nottingham Presbyterian
church sociable at Hon. j. G. Richards
reside, ce Sixth district, on Saturday last,
was attended by eighty seven people.
John A. Kay, of Cecil Paper Mills, went
to Philadelphia last week to spend hve years
in learning the trade of a mauhinist IN Moore
K Whites establishment.
Joseph II. Carver one of the best known
citizens of Havre de Grace died on We'd
nesday He was prominently connected
with the Odd Fellows and the NJ. L.
Church.
Elk river near Singerly'S wharf was
alive with boats the early part of this week.
About dozen schooners loaded with
wood for Singerly's pulp works, were among
the number on Monday.
Stephen Krsuss, of Harrisville, recently
shot large crane. 1t measured feet /
inches from tip to tip of wings and feet l
inch in height. The bird will he preserved
by Mr.. Soldiers, local taxiaerlnist.
Mr. Joseph l.. Wells has mace con
slider able addition to his stors-ronm 1t Is
now a very roomy and wei, kept store. The
East End Market now carries large and
varied stock There. is no better place III
town for you to purchase your supplies
The opening services at crouch
Chapel on Sunday We're of AN interesting
character In the afternoon R-v j. L. OILS
preached and the congregation contributed
the amount asked for toward paying 10: the
repairs Rev. L. ID. Southworth, of the Free
Methodist church, preached al night.
Lieutenant lamar, United States army
who succeeded Lieut.. Foster as military in
structor in St. Johns College, Annapolis,
left Elkton last week where he with his
family had been visiting his mother for the
past month. He reported for duty at st.
Johns college this week.
The 5 aviation Army abandoned Elkton
to the devil on Wednesday night. They
only con verified one sinner from the error of
his ways during their twelve days cncamp-
ment. A financial statement of the amount
of money received was read on the last
night. Twenty dollars were raised the last
night, one person giving fourth OF the
amount.
On Friday of last week VIM. Burke,
sou of John Burke. an employee in Provi-
dence p tper mill met with painful acct
dent. He As in charge of tie calendering
III ,chine when his hand WAS caught be-
tween two rolls and the II Ssh torn from
large portion of two of his fingers. Dr.
Ellis dressed the wounds and had hopes of
saving the fingers
A party of Sixth district sporting men
spent several days fishing and cunning on
the romantic and picturesque. Chesapeake
and its tributaries, starting from Port De-
posit Aug. 3lst, on Capt. JAS. McCullough's
fine sailing sloop Lizzie. They sailed to
Grove Point which is at the mouths of Elk
and Sassafras rivers and after angling ran up
Elk river to great crab fishing ground,
They spent several days very pleasantly on
the bay and its tributaries. One of them
writes that surely this is paradise for
gunners and anglers.
On tomorrow, Sunday the hours for
service on Glasgow and Bethel circuit will
be preaching in Bethel at 1880 A. NJ and
at Glasgow at p. NJ, by Rev. Asbury
Burke, pastor. Evening service will be
held at 7:;50. There is a spirit of revival at
Glasgow, and eleven persons protested con-
version during the past week. a feeling
of intense earnestness is manifested by the
members and friends of the church. Meet,
ings are held every night except Saturday
and until the extra meetings close no
preaching at Bethel on Sunday nights.
Mr.. Richard f. May, of Bozeman, Mon
tana Territory, arrived in Elkron this week
with his son, young dentist, and they are
stopping at the Howard House. Mr.. May
lived in Elkton from 1886 to 1862, and was
engaged i'll merchandising for years in 1.-The
Hollow" He was in Elkton five years ago
latter intends remaining east for some time
I'd will continue his dental studies this
winter in New York. Mr. Il. +. May is en-
gagged in business at Bozem an, Mt Mr. MAY
was a staunch Union man when residing in
this town at the time when loyalty was not
the rule but the exception in this neighbor-
hood In the early stage of the war he float
4 L., l.
ing its bad effect on trade. Mr.. May was
one Of three men in this district th,t voted
for Lincoln at the time of his first candi-
dacy.
The disease that has caused great fatal
ity among the horses in the neighborhood
but since the weather has become cooler it
is believed to be on the decline. Local ply
sicians believe that the disease is cerebro
spinal meningitis. The animals IN question
do not exhibit any symptoms of sickness
until they suddenly fall or stag.@r while at
work. In such cases treatment had but
little effect and they soon died. Others were
affected with slight cough and loss Of APP
petite. 1t was thought by some that the
disease was caused by feeding new oats but
this has been proven incorrect as animals
that were not feed on new oats have Died
1t is now believed by some that the animals
affected were chilled at night after being
heated at work. John Marshall and Will
liam Murray on Monday had horses sick
with the disease. 4 large NUN Der of deaths
have been reported.
-l;ev. j. b. Kendall and Messrs Herbert
Alexander, Garfield Jones and H. G.. Hodg-
son, of the Oxford Lawn Tennis Club. WIS.,
tied Elkton on Tuesday afternoon. They
were met in a series of contests i'll the after
noon on the grounds of the Cecil County
Agricultural Society by Messrs VIM. ID.
Bratton, Winter L. Wilson, Richard Reese
and Jules Cuttings, or the Daphne Lawn
Tennis Club of this town. The games were
played on the race track in front of the
grand stand, in which number of ladies
and gentlemen had gathered 10 witness the
sport The first set was between Kendall
and Jones, of the Oxford, ard Rratton and
Wilson, of the Elkton club. The former
won by the following score: Go, 6-3. The
next set of doubles was between Hodgson
and Alexander, of tie Oxford club, and
Reese and Cuttings, of the Elkton. The
former won; score: &c, 6-3, GO MesSrs.
Jones, of oxford, and Br,tton, of Elkt, n